New Year. Who Dis?
2023 was an interesting year. I moved back to Baton Rouge to keep an eye on my mom. I got promoted (title bump) and got a pay bump. I continued to be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on a good number of things. However, the last 6 months have been rough work-wise. Incident Response (IR) has been very busy and tough…
More Changes coming
I should really try to keep up with this site more. Maybe when I start the Masters, I’ll use it more. And I’m probably going to have to start using GitHub more since this is going to be a Comp Sci Masters…. More details when I get in. I’m in Louisiana now. Oh, the saga…
Changes coming
A lot of changes coming. More to follow. This related to a move to Louisiana.
BTL1 so far…
Work got busy with Log4J and a few other incidents so my December 2021 and January 2022 were particularly brutal. Makes me want to take a break from incident response. I had to file an extension for BTL1 and I’m working through it. I’ve got about a month left to get through the course and…
What I’m working on
I had originally meant to post this a few months ago. Life happened and I got distracted (that seems to happen a bit). Training is very important to me. Looking back on the last couple of years at my current employer, I’ve always tried to regularly do some sort of training. I came into the…
Hello World!
I’m GrumpyVaderCat or as many in the MMO world call me, Grumpy or Grumps. The plan for this blog is to be able to give back to the community. I’d like to help others by sharing my experiences both good and bad as veteran transitioning to the field of Cybersecurity and as a member of…
Follow My Blog
Get new content delivered directly to your inbox.
GrumpyVaderCat Security 